Ticket-punch.



PATENTED NOV. 24, 1908.

GOTTRELL. TICKET PUNCH.

APPLICATION FILED APR. s. 1903.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

N0 MODEL.

lNVENTOR WITNESSES.

PATENTED NOV. .24, 1903.

H. GOTTRELL.

TICKET PUNCH.

APPLICATION FILED APR.8,1903.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

N0 MODEL.

W/TNESSES: M 0 6 NITED Starts Patented November 24, 1903.

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HERBERT COTTRELL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO L. A. SAYRE & 00.,OFNEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A FIRM.

TlCKET PUNCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,958, dated November24, 1903. Application filed April 8, 1903. Serial No. 151,607. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT Consent, of the city of Newark, county ofEssex, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ticket-Punches, of which the following is aspecification The object of myinvention is to provide a ticket punchwith a removable retractile spring, die, and punch of a simple, cheap,and durable form.

The novelty of my invention consists principally in the form of aremovable retractile spring; but it further consists in so forming suchretractile spring that it will also embody both die and punch, oreither.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification,Figure l is a side view of my invention. Fig. 2 is an obverse view ofsame. Fig. 3 is a side view of removable spring, punch, and die. Fig. 4.is an obverse view of same. Fig. 5 is a side view of stripper-spring.Fig. 6 is a top view of strippenspring. Fig. 7 is a side view of myinvention as applied to a form of ticket-. punch. Fig. 8 is a top viewof same. Fig. 9 shows removable retractile spring,punch,and die asapplied in Fig. 7. Fig. 10 is an obverse View of same. Fig. 11 is a topview of same.

To carry out my invention, I cut a flat spring of proper form fromsheet-steel, and preferably I perforate it near one end with thediefigure intended to be used. I then bend the spring with an easycurve, so that the ends thereof extend nearly parallel, but slightlyflaring, and I harden and temper the same. I then provide it with apunch-post of soft steel attached opposite to the die-perforation.Handle members of a ticket-punch are prepared with suitable recessesadapted to receive and removably retain the said spring in a registeringposition. The act of closing the punch causes the hardened-dieperforation to cut the soft-steel punch-post to its exact contonr, andthe retractile power of the said spring again opens the punch.

When the handle members are of suitable form, the punch may be used atonce to perforate tickets; but when required by other forms a bentspring of sheet metal adapted to fit inside of the retractile spring maybe employed to form a stripper.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figs. 1 to 11, inclusive, showthe details of my invention, in all of which like letters of referencerefer to similar parts.

a and Z) are the principal parts of a ticketpunch.

a d are retaining-washers, and e the pivot thereof. r

f is the stripper-spring, and 1; the aperture therein.

g is the retractile spring, which also carries the punch 7t and thedie-aperture 7t.

The opening to pass the cuttings through the punch is shown at Z.

The retaining-tongues to hold the retractile spring in place are shownat m n, and the shoulders thereof are designated 0 p.

I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to theparticular manner of holding the springs in place that I have shown.

and described, but may use any other means of removably holding them inoperative position as coming within the scope of my invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

1. In a ticket-punch, a retractile spring formed to embody adie-perforation and a pun ch-post, the said ticke t-punch being adaptedto receive and removably retain such spring, die, and punch-post, in aregistering position as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a ticket-punch, a removable retractile spring having anintegrally-formed dieperforation, held in position to register with apunch-post upon the punch, and actuated by the closing of theticket-punch, as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed this 6th day of April, 1903.

HERBERT GOTTRELL.

Witnesses:

HOWARD O. CONDIT, HOWARD H. ECKERT.

